Clip.



PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1908. A..B. MOLEAN,

CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26, 1907.

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Q aswento'n UNITED STATES ANDRUS B. MoLEAN, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

Application filed August 26, 1907. Serial No. 390,092.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDRUs B. MoLEAN, citizen of the United States,residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clips, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to clips and. comprises means of securely andrigidly fastening diamond or similar shaped teeth to a channel tooth baror the like.

I The invention primarily consists of the application of a clampingdevice with a bolt having a diamond shaped or similar orifice formed inthe head and combined with the U or channel bar to rigidly retain theteeth in place and prevent lateral movement or displacement afteradjustment.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a section of aU bar showing the application of my clamping device or clip with thetooth clamped to a section of a U or channel bar. Fig. 2 is across-sectional view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view of the clip showing therelative positions of the elongated slot and notches. Fig. 4 is a viewof the clip showing the relative position of the rearwardly projectingears to the notches. Fig. 5 is an end view of the clip. Fig. 6 is a planview of the bolt.

In the construction of my device, I prefer to use a channel bar 1. Thechannel bar is provided with suitable apertures in which the threadedend 2 of the eye-bolt 3 is inserted. I provide a clamping device 4,having rearwardly projecting ears 5 and 6 adapted to fit the walls 7 and8 of the channel bar to prevent lateral displacement of the clampingdevice.

An elongated slot 9 is formed in the central portion of the clampingdevice and alined with the aperture formed in the U bar. This permitsthe rear portion of the eye (a) of the bolt 3 to enter the slot so thatthe angular shank of the tooth can be brought in close contact with thenotches 10 and 11 thereby rigidly securing the tooth at any point of itsvertical adjustment.

It will be observed that the rearwardly projecting ears prevent thelateral displace ment of the clamping device and when the nut is drawntight, forcing the angular surfaces of the tooth in contact with thenotches, the teeth are rigidly held in a vertical position.

I prefer to construct the clamping device 1 of pressed steel but it isobvious that it can be i made of other material if desired.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. The combination of a channel bar and a clip having an elongated slotformed therein, rearwardly projecting ears adapted to fit Within thewalls of said channel bar formed on said clip, sid clip being alsoprovided with forwardly projecting members having notches formed thereinfor clamping purposes.

2. The combination of a channel bar and a clamping device comprising abody portion having rearwardly projecting ears adapted to fit within thewalls of said channel bar and forwardly extending members with notchesformed therein for clamping purposes.

3. The combination of a channel bar and a clip having an elongatedaperture formed in the central portion, rearwardly projecting earsformed on each end of said clip and ada ted to fit within the walls ofsaid channel bar, forwardly projecting notched members extending fromthe side of the clip for clamping purposes.

4. The combination of a channel bar and a clip having an apertureprovided therein, rearwardly projecting ears formed on said clip andadapted to fit within the walls of the channel bar, forwardly extendingside members having notches formed therein for clamping purposes, meansto securely retain a tooth in contact with said notches.

5. The combination of a channel bar and a clamping device comprising abody portion with rearwardly extending ears fitting within the walls ofthe channel bar and forwardly extending side portions provided withnotches therein receiving a harrow tooth, a bolt having an eye formedthereon receiving a harrow tooth, said bolt passing through apertures inthe clamping device and channel bar, a nut securely retaining the toothin position substantially as described and set forth.

6. The combination of a channel bar and a clip with an aperture formedtherein, said clip having rearwardly projecting ears formed on each endand adapted to fit within the walls of the bar to prevent lateraldisplacement, forwardly extending portions formed on the sides andprovided with notches, said channel bar provided with an aperture, abolt passing through said aperture and the base of the clip for clampingpurposes, a

tooth fitted to the eye of the bolt and means I one end to receive atooth with means on the whereby the tooth is forced in frictionalconopposite end to bring the tooth in frictional tact With the notchesof the clip and retained contact With the notches and securely hold inany adjusted position as described and set said tooth in place. 15 5forth. --In testimony whereof I affix my signature 7. The combination ofa channel bar and a in presence of two Witnesses. clip provided Withrearwardly projectin ears adapted to fit Within the Walls of the channelANDRUS A bar, and outwardly extending side members Witnesses:

1? having notches formed therein to engage. B. F. WILLIAMS,

with a tooth, a bolt having an eye formed in ZORA E. PATTERSON.

